| Election Name: | 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | Greater Manchester |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 19 out of 57 seats to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 50 seats, 50.8% |
| Seats Before1: | 50 |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seats After1: | 48 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,077 |
| Percentage1: | 54.6% |
| Swing1: | 3.8% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 6 seats, 35.7% |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,332 |
| Percentage2: | 36.3% |
| Swing2: | 0.6% |
| Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 10.8% |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,136 |
| Percentage3: | 8.7% |
| Swing3: | 2.1% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 57 seats were up for election.[1]
Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority.[2] In the most recent election in 2021, Labour lost one seat to the Conservatives, but increased their vote share by 4.6%, winning a total of 16 seats, with the Conservatives gaining 10.7% and winning 3 seats. The Green Party of England and Wales did not gain any seats, despite winning their first seat in 2019.[3]
The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour achieved 53.8% of the vote, and won 17 seats with 1 gained from the Conservatives, while the Conservatives won 2 with 1 gain from Labour.[4]
| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.